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Union Calendar No. 75 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3052 

[Report No. 116–100] 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 3, 2019 

Ms. MCCOLLUM, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 

environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

6 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 

7 and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

10 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

11 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve14 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi15 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 

16 lands, and performance of other functions, including main17 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage18 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 

19 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 

20 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

21 potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 

22 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,265,097,000, 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2021; of which 

24 $125,653,000 for annual and deferred maintenance shall 

25 remain available until expended, and of which $6,000,000 


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1 is for a pilot program to complement activities authorized 

2 by Public Law 92–195: Provided, That amounts in the 

3 fee account of the Bureau of Land Management permit 

4 process improvement fund may be used for bureau-related 

5 expenses directly associated with the processing of oil and 

6 gas applications for permits to drill and related use of au7 thorizations. 

8 In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis9 tration program operations, including the cost of admin10 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 

11 until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 

12 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 

13 claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 

14 authorized for fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final 

15 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,265,097,000, 

16 and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 

17 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 

18 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 

19 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

20 available under this heading in fiscal year 2016 or before, 

21 $14,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 

22 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des23 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

24 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 


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1 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

2 of 1985. 

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

6 available under this heading $5,000,000 is permanently 

7 rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

8 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

9 an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 

10 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 LAND ACQUISITION

13 For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 

14 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin15 istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 

16 interests therein, $33,800,000, to be derived from the 

17 Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

20 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

21 and development of resources and for construction, oper22 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

23 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

24 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or25 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 


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1 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in2 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 

3 adjacent to such grant lands; $117,195,000, to remain 

4 available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 

5 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 

6 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 

7 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 

8 California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 

9 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec10 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 

11 August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 

12 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

13 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 

14 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 

15 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 

16 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 

17 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 

18 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 

19 sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 

20 315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im21 provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 

22 from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart23 ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 

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1 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 

2 administrative expenses. 

3 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

4 For administrative expenses and other costs related 

5 to processing application documents and other authoriza6 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 

7 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu8 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi9 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 

10 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 

11 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

12 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 

13 Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 

14 Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con15 trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

16 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 

17 pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 

18 compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 

19 pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 

20 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 

21 the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro22 tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 

23 the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam24 aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per25 mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 


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1 whether all moneys collected from each such action are 

2 used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 

3 Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess 

4 of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for 

5 which funds were collected may be used to repair other 

6 damaged public lands. 

7 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

8 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

9 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

10 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub11 lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 

12 may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap13 praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 

14 under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 

15 remain available until expended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 

18 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 

19 contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs20 able agreements with public and private entities, including 

21 with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail22 able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem23 porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec24 essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 

25 United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 


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1 the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 

2 concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 

3 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac4 tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 

5 accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 

6 exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 

7 Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co8 operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au9 thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 

10 in connection with jointly produced publications for which 

11 the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 

12 or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 

13 is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 

14 further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 

15 commitment by a State government to provide an identi16 fied amount of money in support of the project may be 

17 carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro18 priations herein made shall not be available for the de19 struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 

20 in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 

21 sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc22 tion for processing into commercial products. 


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1 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

2 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

5 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 

6 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 

7 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

8 resources, $1,364,760,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That not to exceed 

10 $23,442,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 

11 (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe12 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 

13 petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu14 lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 

15 described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 

16 (c)(2)(B)(ii)). 

17 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

18 available under this heading, in accordance with the joint 

19 explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Ap20 propriations Act, 2019, for central office operations in fis21 cal year 2019, $4,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Pro22 vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

23 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re24 quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 


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1 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

2 Control Act of 1985. 

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re5 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con6 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti7 lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 

8 of lands and interests therein; $15,693,000, to remain 

9 available until expended. 

10 LAND ACQUISITION

11 For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 

12 title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex13 penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 

14 therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 

15 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

16 $67,750,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con17 servation Fund and to remain available until expended, 

18 of which, notwithstanding section 200306 of title 54, 

19 United States Code, not more than $10,000,000 shall be 

20 for land conservation partnerships authorized by the 

21 Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, including not to ex22 ceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: Provided, That 

23 none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisi24 tion projects may be used to pay for any administrative 

25 overhead, planning or other management costs. 


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1 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

2 FUND

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

5 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 

6 $63,702,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

7 $23,702,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan8 gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 

9 $40,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 

10 Conservation Fund. 

11 Of the unobligated balances made available from the 

12 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, 

13 $10,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 

14 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des15 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

16 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 

17 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

18 of 1985. 

19 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

20 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo21 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 

22 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

23 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

24 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 


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1 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $50,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 

5 Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 

6 seq.), $4,910,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

8 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele9 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 

10 Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

11 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 

12 of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con13 servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 

14 Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 

15 et seq.), $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

17 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

18 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 

19 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

20 American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 

21 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 

22 Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple23 mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 

24 habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 

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1 vided, That of the amount provided herein, $5,209,000 is 

2 for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub3 ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro4 vided further, That $7,362,000 is for a competitive grant 

5 program to implement approved plans for States, terri6 tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af7 fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 

8 agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 

9 appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

10 after deducting $12,571,000 and administrative expenses, 

11 apportion the amount provided herein in the following 

12 manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com13 monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 

14 than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 

15 American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 

16 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 

17 a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 

18 thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall appor19 tion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) 

20 one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 

21 area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 

22 States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio 

23 to which the population of such State bears to the total 

24 population of all such States: Provided further, That the 

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1 justed equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a 

2 sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 

3 for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year 

4 or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 

5 That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 

6 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Fed7 eral share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 

8 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided fur9 ther, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not 

10 be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, 

11 That any amount apportioned in 2020 to any State, terri12 tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 

13 September 30, 2021, shall be reapportioned, together with 

14 funds appropriated in 2022, in the manner provided here15 in. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 

18 carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex19 penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 

20 reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 

21 Appropriations and funds available to the United States 

22 Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 

23 damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 

24 areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 

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1 ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva2 tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 

3 and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build4 ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv5 ice and to which the United States has title, and which 

6 are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 

7 and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 

8 That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 

9 under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange10 ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 

11 cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica12 tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 

13 cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 

14 determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 

15 quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 

16 accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air17 craft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

18 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap19 proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 

20 States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 

21 and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 

22 appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 

23 such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis24 ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 

25 until expended. 


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1 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

2 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

3 For expenses necessary for the management, oper4 ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis5 tered by the National Park Service and for the general 

6 administration of the National Park Service, 

7 $2,646,979,000, of which $10,282,000 for planning and 

8 interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora9 tion and $150,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha10 bilitation projects for constructed assets and 

11 $166,575,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con12 structed assets and cultural resources and $5,000,000 

13 shall be for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, 

14 United States Code shall remain available until September 

15 30, 2021: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

16 heading in this Act are available for the purposes of sec17 tion 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That not18 withstanding section 9(a) of the United States 

19 Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 

20 114–196; 130 Stat. 691), $500,000 of the funds made 

21 available under this heading shall be provided to the orga22 nization selected under section 9(b) of that Act for ex23 penditure by the United States Semiquincentennial Com24 mission in accordance with that Act. Provided further, 

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1 can-American History Commission Act (Public Law 115– 

2 102; 131 Stat. 2248), $500,000 of the funds made avail3 able under this heading shall be provided to the 400 Years 

4 of African-American History Commission for expenditure 

5 in accordance with that Act. 

6 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

7 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro8 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 

9 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re10 view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 

11 not otherwise provided for, $73,508,000. 

12 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

13 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 

14 Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 

15 54, United States Code), $121,660,000, to be derived 

16 from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2021, of which $16,000,000 shall 

18 be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation 

19 of national significant sites, structures and artifacts as au20 thorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 

21 Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 

22 That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 

23 be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 

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1 proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 

2 with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria3 tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 

4 Historic Preservation Fund, $750,000 is for competitive 

5 grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the 

6 National Register of Historic Places and as National His7 toric Landmarks associated with communities currently 

8 under-represented, as determined by the Secretary, 

9 $22,500,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 

10 and stories of the Civil Rights movement, $10,000,000 is 

11 for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 

12 and $5,000,000 is for competitive grants for the restora13 tion of historic properties of national, State and local sig14 nificance listed on or eligible for inclusion on the National 

15 Register of Historic Places, to be made without imposing 

16 the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) 

17 (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historical Preserva18 tion Act: Provided further, That such competitive grants 

19 shall be made without imposing the matching require20 ments in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States 

21 Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 

22 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local 

23 governments, including Certified Local Governments, and 

24 non-profit organizations. 


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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace3 ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 

4 for programs and areas administered by the National 

5 Park Service, $319,704,000, to remain available until ex6 pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 

8 2021 with a future phase indicated in the National Park 

9 Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single pro10 curement may be issued which includes the full scope of 

11 the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and 

12 contract shall contain the clause availability of funds 

13 found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That Na14 tional Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Fran15 chise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 

16 for the cost of adjustments and changes within the origi17 nal scope of effort for projects funded by the National 

18 Park Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, 

19 That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the 

20 Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current 

21 reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 

22 authorized by this section. 


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1 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

2 (RESCISSION)

3 The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2020 

4 by section 200308 of title 54, United States Code, is re5 scinded. 

6 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

7 For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 

8 title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex9 penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest 

10 therein, in accordance with the statutory authority appli11 cable to the National Park Service, $208,400,000, to be 

12 derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

13 to remain available until expended, of which $140,000,000 

14 is for the State assistance program and of which 

15 $15,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protec16 tion Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 

17 54, United States Code. 

18 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

19 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

20 of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 

21 to challenge cost share agreements, $20,000,000, to re22 main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 

23 projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 

24 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 

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1 nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 

2 an irrevocable letter of credit. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 In addition to other uses set forth in section 

6 101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 

7 fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex8 penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 

9 for use at any unit within the National Park System to 

10 extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 

11 leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 

12 for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an13 ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con14 tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex15 tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit16 ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi17 nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 

18 contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 

19 so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 

20 For the costs of administration of the Land and 

21 Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

22 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

23 of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 

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1 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

2 amounts to remain available until expended. 

3 National Park Service funds may be transferred to 

4 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart5 ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 

6 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 

7 for FHWA administrative support costs. 

8 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

9 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

10 For expenses necessary for the United States Geo11 logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re12 search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 

13 and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 

14 its territories and possessions, and other areas as author15 ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 

16 to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su17 pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu18 latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex19 ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 

20 the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 

21 processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 

22 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 

23 and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore24 going activities; $1,236,398,000, to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2021; of which $84,337,000 shall remain 


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1 available until expended for satellite operations; and of 

2 which $20,164,000 shall be available until expended for 

3 deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects 

4 that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That none of the 

5 funds provided for the ecosystem research activity shall 

6 be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 

7 specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: 

8 Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall 

9 be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 

10 mapping or water resources data collection and investiga11 tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali12 ties. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

15 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 

16 necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur17 nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo18 physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra19 tively determined that such procedures are in the public 

20 interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build21 ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 

22 gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip23 ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 

24 for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 

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1 pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 

2 and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 

3 activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 

4 accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co5 operative agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 

6 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

7 States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop8 erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 

9 with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re10 gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 

11 services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con12 sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 

13 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 

14 for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 

15 United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 

16 be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur17 poses. 

18 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

19 OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

20 For expenses necessary for granting and admin21 istering leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 

22 for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma23 rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 

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1 menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi2 dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 

3 or cooperative agreements, $182,781,000, of which 

4 $122,781,000 is to remain available until September 30, 

5 2021, and of which $60,000,000 is to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation 

7 shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 

8 and credited to this appropriation from additions to re9 ceipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in ef10 fect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 

11 activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man12 agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

13 Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella14 neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 

15 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec16 tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 

17 in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not 

18 more than $122,781,000: Provided further, That not to 

19 exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 

20 related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 

21 activities. 


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1 BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

2 ENFORCEMENT

3 OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

4 For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper5 ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and 

6 agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 

7 and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 

8 Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple9 menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 

10 to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele11 gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree12 ments, $145,504,000, of which $119,504,000 is to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2021, and of which 

14 $26,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 

16 amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 

17 appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in18 creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 

19 and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 

20 the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

21 pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, in22 cluding studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 

23 administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 

24 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 

25 are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 


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1 final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not more 

2 than $119,504,000. 

3 For an additional amount, $47,308,000, to remain 

4 available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col5 lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 

6 which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 

7 collected in fiscal year 2020, as provided in this Act: Pro8 vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 

9 inspection fees exceed $47,308,000, the amounts realized 

10 in excess of $47,308,000 shall be credited to this appro11 priation and remain available until expended: Provided 

12 further, That for fiscal year 2020, not less than 50 percent 

13 of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 

14 and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per15 sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 

16 expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 

17 safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 

18 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 

19 seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 

20 drill. 

21 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

22 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

23 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 

24 VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 


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1 $14,899,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li2 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 

3 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

4 ENFORCEMENT

5 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

7 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

8 1977, Public Law 95–87, $121,647,000, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That appropria10 tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 

11 Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex12 penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 

13 Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 

14 training. 

15 In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en16 force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 

17 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re18 main available until expended: Provided, That fees as19 sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 

20 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off21 setting collections, to remain available until expended: 

22 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

23 the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re24 ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 


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1 year 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than 

2 $121,647,000. 

3 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

4 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 

5 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 

6 Public Law 95–87, $24,713,000, to be derived from re7 ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 

8 remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 

9 to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 

10 authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 

11 the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 

12 to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur13 ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 

14 Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 

15 share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov16 ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re17 lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 

18 from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 

19 projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior20 ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 

21 Provided further, That amounts provided under this head22 ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 

23 State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 

24 Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 


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1 In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until 

2 expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In3 dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 

4 other related activities in accordance with the terms and 

5 conditions in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 

6 That such additional amount shall be used for economic 

7 and community development in conjunction with the prior8 ities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and 

9 Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided 

10 further, That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 

11 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian 

12 States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to 

13 meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

14 of such section, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal 

15 amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent 

16 greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet such prior17 ities, and $10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally rec18 ognized Indian Tribes without regard to their status as 

19 certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining Control 

20 and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for 

21 reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related 

22 activities in accordance with the terms and conditions in 

23 the report accompanying this Act and shall be used for 

24 economic and community development in conjunction with 

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1 trol and Reclamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That 

2 such additional amount shall be allocated to States and 

3 Indian Tribes within 60 days after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act. 

5 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

6 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

9 programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 

10 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De11 termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,650,504,000 to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2021, except as otherwise provided 

14 herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 

15 reception and representation expenses; of which not to ex16 ceed $77,734,000 shall be for welfare assistance pay17 ments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal dis18 asters, the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the 

19 amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to 

20 Indian communities affected by the disaster: Provided fur21 ther, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal or22 ganizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use 

23 their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assist24 ance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

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1 housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, 

2 litigation support, land records improvement, and the 

3 Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That 

4 any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe 

5 which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2021, may 

6 be transferred during fiscal year 2022 to an Indian forest 

7 land assistance account established for the benefit of the 

8 holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: 

9 Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 

10 so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2022: Pro11 vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu12 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur13 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

14 personnel: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian 

15 Affairs may accept transfers of funds from U.S. Customs 

16 and Border Protection to supplement any other funding 

17 available for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by 

18 the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the National 

19 Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 

20 202(b)(1). 

21 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

22 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

23 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter24 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

25 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 


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1 Education for fiscal year 2020, such sums as may be nec2 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep3 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

5 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

6 budget account. 

7 CONSTRUCTION

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte10 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

11 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer12 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

13 in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 

14 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur15 suant to Public Law 87–483; $146,014,000, to remain 

16 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 

17 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 

18 Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 

19 Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per20 cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In21 dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 

22 be used to cover the road program management costs of 

23 the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 

24 the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of No25 vember 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 


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1 on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this 

2 appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the 

3 Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for 

4 the appropriate share of construction costs for space ex5 pansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform im6 plementation: Provided further, That of the funds made 

7 available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived 

8 from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 

9 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 

10 1749). 

11 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

12 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

13 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

14 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle15 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 

16 618, 111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implemen17 tation of other land and water rights settlements, 

18 $45,644,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

21 $12,784,000, of which $1,725,000 is for administrative 

22 expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 

23 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

24 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

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1 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 

2 principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, 

3 not to exceed $199,075,370. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper6 ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 

7 cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di8 rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza9 tions. 

10 Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 

11 the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 

12 support of the management, operation, and maintenance 

13 of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

15 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 

16 oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 

17 Services (except executive direction and administrative 

18 services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 

19 offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 

20 available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 

21 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 

22 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 

23 Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

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1 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

2 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 

3 action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 

4 responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern5 ment relationship between the United States and that 

6 tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria7 tions. 

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

9 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 

10 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi11 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

12 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 

13 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin14 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 

15 distribution formula. 

16 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

17 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS

18 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

19 Education programs, as authorized by law, including the 

20 Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In21 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 

22 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend23 ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally 

24 Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 

25 $1,000,233,000, to remain available until September 30, 


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1 2021, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 

2 federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 

3 of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their Tribal 

4 priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: 

5 Provided further, That not to exceed $721,690,000 for 

6 school operation costs of Bureau-funded schools and other 

7 education programs shall become available on July 1, 

8 2020, and shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2021: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 

11 Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 

12 and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 

13 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $81,508,000 within and 

14 only from such amounts made available for school oper15 ations shall be available for administrative cost grants as16 sociated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2020: Pro17 vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu18 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur19 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

20 personnel. 

21 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

22 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte23 nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 

24 for the operation of Indian Education programs, including 

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1 tion of lands, and interests in lands; $387,252,000 to re2 main available until expended; Provided, That for fiscal 

3 year 2020, in implementing new construction, replacement 

4 facilities construction, or facilities improvement and repair 

5 project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 

6 grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the Secretary 

7 of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Re8 quirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs 

9 contained in part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal Regula10 tions, as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, 

11 That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 

12 title 43, Code of Federal Regulations; the Secretary and 

13 the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 

14 payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 

15 That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 

16 consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assur17 ing that the construction projects conform to applicable 

18 building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 

19 health and safety standards as required by section 

20 1125(b) of title XI of Public Law 95–561 (25 U.S.C. 

21 2005(b)), with respect to organizational and financial 

22 management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 

23 Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall 

24 follow the requirements contained in section 5206(f) of 

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1 ther, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 

2 grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 

3 provision in section 5208(e) of Public Law 107–110 (25 

4 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That in order to ensure 

5 timely completion of construction projects, the Secretary 

6 may assume control of a project and all funds related to 

7 the project, if, not later than 18 months after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 

9 appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com10 pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 

11 commenced construction. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

13 The Bureau of Indian Education may carry out the 

14 operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, con15 tracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, ei16 ther directly or in cooperation with States and other orga17 nizations. 

18 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

19 available to the Bureau of Indian Education for central 

20 office oversight and Executive Direction and Administra21 tive Services (except executive direction and administra22 tive services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, re23 gional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) 

24 shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or coop25 erative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Education 


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1 under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act 

2 or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 

3 103–413). 

4 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

5 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Education, 

6 this action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s 

7 trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to8 government relationship between the United States and 

9 that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appro10 priations. 

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

12 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 

13 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 

14 schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 

15 support the operation of any elementary or secondary 

16 school in the State of Alaska. 

17 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu18 cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 

19 school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 

20 or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 

21 in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 

22 October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 

23 may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 

24 one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 

25 waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 


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1 of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 

2 grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu3 reau-funded schools with a K-2 grade structure on Octo4 ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 

5 prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail6 able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 

7 only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep8 tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 

9 was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 

10 under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 

11 school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 

12 in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 

13 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 

14 in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 

15 that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep16 tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe17 riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 

18 a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 

19 the use of the real and personal property (including buses 

20 and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa21 rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 

22 not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 

23 the State in which the school is located if the charter 

24 school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 

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1 forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 

2 and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 

3 Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 

4 United States Code. 

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

6 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 

7 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi8 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

9 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 

10 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin11 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 

12 distribution formula. 

13 Funds available under this Act may not be used to 

14 establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 

15 system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 

16 may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 

17 to provide language and cultural immersion educational 

18 programs for non-public schools located within the juris19 dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 

20 serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 

21 currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 

22 provide an educational environment with educator pres23 ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau24 funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 

25 or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 


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1 with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es2 tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur3 ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 

4 other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 

5 students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 

6 available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 

7 maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facili8 ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 

9 the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 

10 school’’ means a school location physically separated from 

11 the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 

12 forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 

13 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

14 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

15 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses for management of the De18 partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 

19 agreements, as authorized by law, $131,232,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2021; of which no less 

21 than $1,000,000 shall be for the hiring of additional per22 sonnel to assist the Department with its compliance re23 sponsibilities under 5 U.S.C. 552; of which not to exceed 

24 $15,000 may be for official reception and representation 

25 expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available 


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1 for workers compensation payments and unemployment 

2 compensation payments associated with the orderly clo3 sure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which 

4 $9,000,000 for the Office of Valuation Services is to be 

5 derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

6 shall remain available until expended; and of which 

7 $11,061,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource valu8 ation activities shall remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and resource 

10 valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred to and 

11 merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of 

12 Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Education ‘‘Op13 eration of Indian Education Programs’’ accounts and the 

14 Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians ‘‘Fed15 eral Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further, That 

16 funds made available through contracts or grants obli17 gated during fiscal year 2020, as authorized by the Indian 

18 Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 

19 shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 

20 grantee. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 For fiscal year 2020, up to $400,000 of the payments 

23 authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 

24 may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay25 ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 


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1 amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay2 ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 

3 available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 

4 title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 

5 event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay6 ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 

7 the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 

8 of local government, then the payment to each local gov9 ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 

10 That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 

11 individual units of local government to correct for prior 

12 overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 

13 no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth14 erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 

15 amount of the payment is less than $100. 

16 INSULAR AFFAIRS

17 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

18 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

19 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 

20 and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub21 lic Law 108–188, $108,631,000, of which: (1) 

22 $99,140,000 shall remain available until expended for ter23 ritorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 

24 maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef ini25 tiative and natural resources activities, and brown tree 


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1 snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in 

2 American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au3 thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern4 ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev5 enues, for construction and support of governmental func6 tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as 

7 authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 

8 as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 

9 the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by law (Pub10 lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,491,000 shall 

11 be available until September 30, 2021, for salaries and 

12 expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That 

13 all financial transactions of the territorial and local gov14 ernments herein provided for, including such transactions 

15 of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 

16 such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac17 countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 

18 chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur19 ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 

20 funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 

21 Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 

22 United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar23 iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 

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1 tionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 

2 of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and 

3 cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on 

4 the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its 

5 capital assets: Provided further, That any appropriation 

6 for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 

7 previous appropriations Acts may be used as non–Federal 

8 matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 

9 grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 

10 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

12 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

13 For grants and necessary expenses, $3,236,000, to 

14 remain available until expended, as provided for in sec15 tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa16 tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 

17 the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 

18 the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 

19 States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 

20 658 and Public Law 108–188. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec24 retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 

25 funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 


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1 188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 

2 Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 

3 of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per4 cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 

5 of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 

6 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 

7 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 

8 construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 

9 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

10 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

11 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

12 of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran13 tees may be made without regard to the population of the 

14 area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 

15 the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica16 tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 

17 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

18 any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

19 be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 

20 or guarantee loans under such authorities. 

21 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

24 $66,816,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

4 General, $55,986,000, to remain available until September 

5 30, 2021. 

6 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

7 INDIANS

8 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

10 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 

11 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 

12 compacts, and grants, $97,613,000, to remain available 

13 until expended, of which not to exceed $17,911,000 from 

14 this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac15 counting: Provided, That $10,000,000 shall not be avail16 able for obligation until the Secretary provides the report 

17 required by section 304(a)(3) of the Indian Trust Asset 

18 Reform Act (Public Law 114–178) to terminate the Office 

19 of the Special Trustee in its entirety, to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

21 Senate: Provided further, That funds for Trust Manage22 ment improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 

23 be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian 

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1 grams’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and 

2 Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘De3 partmental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That 

4 funds made available through contracts or grants obli5 gated during fiscal year 2020, as authorized by the Indian 

6 Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 

7 shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 

8 grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

9 provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 

10 provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In11 dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 

12 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur13 ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 

14 statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 

15 shall permit the balance in each such account to be with16 drawn upon the express written request of the account 

17 holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 

18 available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 

19 administrative errors of either disbursements from or de20 posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 

21 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 

22 payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re23 main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 

24 further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec25 oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 


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1 $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives 

2 proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claim3 ant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 

4 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 

5 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provision 

6 of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 

7 of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a con8 tinuous period of at least five years and shall not be re9 quired to generate periodic statements of performance for 

10 the individual accounts: Provided further, That with re11 spect to the ninth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to 

12 maintain sufficient records to determine the balance of the 

13 individual accounts, including any accrued interest and in14 come, and such funds shall remain available to the indi15 vidual account holders. 

16 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

17 available for the Office of the Special Trustee for Amer18 ican Indians, $3,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Pro19 vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

20 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re21 quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 

22 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

23 Control Act of 1985. 


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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

2 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 

5 suppression operations, fire science and research, emer6 gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 

7 rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 

8 $952,338,000, to remain available until expended, of 

9 which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renova10 tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 

11 funds are also available for repayment of advances to 

12 other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre13 viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

14 That of the funds provided $194,000,000 is for fuels man15 agement activities: Provided further, That of the funds 

16 provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: 

17 Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 

18 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging 

19 without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 

20 Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, 

21 sums received by a bureau or office of the Department 

22 of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 

23 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 

24 may be credited to the appropriation from which funds 

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1 able without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 

2 using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, 

3 the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement 

4 contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels 

5 management activities, and for training and monitoring 

6 associated with such fuels management activities on Fed7 eral land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 

8 that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 

9 That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 

10 between the Federal Government and any non-Federal en11 tity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 

12 parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require13 ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Sec14 retary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may 

15 obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local 

16 private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con17 servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 

18 109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, or 

19 nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or 

20 (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant 

21 percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 

22 workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 

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1 vided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

2 under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 

3 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

4 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re5 sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

6 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 

7 required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with 

8 wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 

10 appropriations to enter into leases of real property with 

11 local governments, at or below fair market value, to con12 struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 

13 leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 

14 stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 

15 fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 

16 any such lease or for construction activity associated with 

17 the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte18 rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 

19 transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage20 ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 

21 between the Departments when such transfers would fa22 cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 

23 and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 

24 wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed25 eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 


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1 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

2 for assistance to or through the Department of State in 

3 connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 

4 information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 

5 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail6 able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 

7 related natural resource activities outside the United 

8 States and its territories and possessions, including tech9 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

10 with United States and international organizations. Pro11 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head12 ing, $383,657,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 

13 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

15 In addition to the amounts provided under this head16 ing for wildfire suppression operations, $300,000,000, to 

17 remain available until expended, is additional new budget 

18 authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) 

19 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

20 Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, That the Secretary 

21 of the Interior may transfer such amounts to the Depart22 ment of Agriculture for wildfire suppression operations. 

23 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

24 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In25 terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 


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1 the response action, including associated activities, per2 formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re3 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 

4 et seq.), $13,010,000, to remain available until expended, 

5 of which $3,000,000, notwithstanding any other provision 

6 of law, shall be for analysis and initiation of radium decon7 tamination and remediation at any land-grant university 

8 that may have been subject to such contamination as a 

9 result of actions of the former United States Bureau of 

10 Mines. 

11 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

12 RESTORATION

13 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

14 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res15 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 

16 the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 

17 provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

18 Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 

19 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 

20 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 

21 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to 

22 remain available until expended. 

23 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

24 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 

25 financial and business management system, information 


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1 technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart2 ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 

3 operations throughout the Department, $69,284,000, to 

4 remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 

5 the funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may 

6 be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund 

7 account other than for accrued annual leave and deprecia8 tion of equipment without prior approval of the Commit9 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

10 and the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

11 assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal govern12 ment employees for training services provided by the Na13 tional Indian Program Training Center, other than train14 ing related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That 

15 the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and 

16 related facilities, equipment or professional services of the 

17 National Indian Program Training Center to State, local 

18 and tribal government employees or persons or organiza19 tions engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational ac20 tivities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United 

21 States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facili22 ties, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National 

23 Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 

24 all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 

25 shall be credited to this account, shall be available until 


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1 expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary 

2 expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants 

4 and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Nat5 ural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of 

6 royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as au7 thorized by law. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail10 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 

11 which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 

12 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 

13 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 

14 or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

15 replacement aircraft. 

16 OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

17 For necessary expenses for management of the collec18 tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 

19 revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree20 ments, as authorized by law, $147,330,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2021; of which $50,651,000 

22 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 

23 mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 

24 notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 

25 be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 


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1 with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary con2 curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 

3 to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover4 able erroneous payments. 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

8 SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 

9 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

10 or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer11 gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 

12 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam13 aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid14 able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail15 able under this authority until funds specifically made 

16 available to the Department of the Interior for emer17 gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 

18 all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 

19 by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 

20 as promptly as possible. 

21 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

22 SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi23 ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 

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1 lated to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, 

2 storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency plan3 ning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and nat4 ural resource damage assessment activities related to ac5 tual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into the 

6 environment; for the prevention, suppression, and control 

7 of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 

8 outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 

9 pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 

10 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation 

11 projects under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall 

12 transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office 

13 of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 

14 funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu15 latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car16 rying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 

17 Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 

18 wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 

19 of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, 

20 and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for de21 struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con22 nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 

23 such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur24 rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 

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1 be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 

2 must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur3 ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim4 burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 

5 funds were transferred. 

6 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

7 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 

8 of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 

9 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

10 Code, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount 

11 not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of 

12 motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce13 ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air14 craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re15 prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 

16 in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 

17 by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author18 ized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies 

19 or associations which issue publications to members only 

20 or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who 

21 are not members. 

22 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST

23 MANAGEMENT

24 SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 

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1 Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 

2 Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro3 priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 

4 available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man5 agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 

6 accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 

7 designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary 

8 shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro9 priations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of 

10 any funds under this section, including the amount ex11 pended or transferred and how the funds will be used. 

12 REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN

13 AFFAIRS

14 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis16 tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 

17 tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 

18 transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 

19 dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 

20 distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc21 tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 

22 percent in fiscal year 2020. Under circumstances of dual 

23 enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis24 tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 

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1 ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

2 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 

4 lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 

5 or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 

6 New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 

7 of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 

8 transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 

9 Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 

10 administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 

11 funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con12 sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author13 ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces14 sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa15 cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 

16 determine reasonable. 

17 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

18 SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall 

19 collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de20 posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En21 forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa22 cilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 

23 (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 

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1 in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 

2 2020 shall be: 

3 (1) $11,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 

4 processing equipment or gathering lines; 

5 (2) $18,500 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 

6 with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

7 (3) $34,500 for facilities with more than 10 

8 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

9 wells. 

10 (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in11 spections completed in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal 

12 year 2020 shall be: 

13 (1) $33,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 

14 water depths of 500 feet or more; and 

15 (2) $18,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 

16 water depths of less than 500 feet. 

17 (d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 

18 via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 

19 D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com20 pleted in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall 

21 be: 

22 (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op23 erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 


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1 (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op2 erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 

3 and 

4 (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op5 erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 

6 (e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 

7 under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 

8 within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des9 ignated operators under subsections (c) and (d) within 30 

10 days of the end of the month in which the inspection oc11 curred, with payment required within 30 days of billing. 

12 DISCLOSURE OF WAIVERS

13 SEC. 108. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 

14 in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En15 forcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

16 issues any waiver, departure, deviation, variance, or any 

17 other alternative compliance authorization from any law, 

18 rule, regulation, or other directive, the head of such bu19 reau shall post a copy of such waiver, departure, deviation, 

20 variance, or other alternative compliance authorization on 

21 such bureau’s publically available website not more than 

22 3 business days after such issuance. 

23 (b) The head of each bureau may redact confidential 

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1 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND

2 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES

3 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 

5 multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza6 tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 

7 multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 

8 section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 

9 the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 

10 apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 

11 wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 

12 or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 

13 and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 

14 at the discretion of the Secretary. 

15 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

16 SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv17 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 

18 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 

19 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 

20 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 

21 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 

22 fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 

23 Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 

24 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 


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1 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

2 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, during fiscal year 2020, in carrying out work involv4 ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 

5 or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 

6 record obligations against accounts receivable from any 

7 such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 

8 the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

9 available at the end of the fiscal year. 

10 HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS

11 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild 

13 horses or burros that have been removed from the public 

14 lands to other Federal, State, and local government agen15 cies for use as work animals: Provided, That the Secretary 

16 may make any such transfer immediately upon request of 

17 such Federal, State, or local government agency: Provided 

18 further, That any excess animal transferred under this 

19 provision shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse 

20 or burro as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 

21 Burros Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or 

22 local government agency receiving excess wild horses or 

23 burros as authorized in this section shall not: destroy the 

24 horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction 

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1 horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction 

2 for processing into commercial products; or euthanize the 

3 horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a li4 censed veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or 

5 advanced age. 

6 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES

7 PROGRAM

8 SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

9 of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree10 ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 

11 grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri12 vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 

13 of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

14 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au15 thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 

16 Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 

17 (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 

18 subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree19 ment would not— 

20 (1) result in the displacement of individuals 

21 currently employed by the Department, including 

22 partial displacement through reduction of non-over23 time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 

24 (2) result in the use of an individual under the 

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1 Program for a job or function in a case in which a 

2 Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 

3 or substantially equivalent job within the Depart4 ment; or 

5 (3) affect existing contracts for services. 

6 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)

7 SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 

8 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and in9 serting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’. 

10 REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

11 SEC. 115. As authorized in section 111(d) of the 

12 Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99– 

13 239; 99 Stat. 1799; 48 U.S.C. 1911) and section 108(b) 

14 of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 

15 2003 (Public Law 108–188; 117 Stat. 2755; 48 U.S.C. 

16 1921g), $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Sec17 retary of the Interior, to remain available until expended 

18 by the Secretary, for the Republic of the Marshall Islands 

19 to deposit in the Compact Trust Fund of the Republic of 

20 the Marshall Islands as compensation for adverse financial 

21 and economic impacts resulting from the effect of title IV 

22 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public 

23 Law 99–239; 99 Stat. 1799; 48 U.S.C. 1911) upon title 

24 II of the Compact. 


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1 OBLIGATION OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 116. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 

3 Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 

4 and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act. 

6 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

7 SEC. 117. Before the final 2019-2024 Outer Conti8 nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, or any plan 

9 that is dated later than 2017-2022, is published in the 

10 Federal Register, none of the funds made available to the 

11 Department of Interior by this or any other Act may be 

12 used to conduct offshore oil and gas pre-leasing, leasing 

13 and related activities for any lease sale proposed in the 

14 Draft Proposed Program described in the ‘‘Notice of 

15 Availability of the 2019-2024 Draft Proposed Outer Con16 tinental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program and Notice 

17 of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Im18 pact Statement’’ published in the Federal Register on 

19 January 8, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 829), unless such sale was 

20 also contained in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf 

21 Oil and Gas Proposed Final Program described in the 

22 ‘‘Notice of Availability of the 2017-2022 Outer Conti23 nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro24 gram’’ published in the Federal Register on November 23, 

25 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 84612). 


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1 FUNDING RESTRICTION

2 SEC. 118. None of the funds made available to the 

3 Department of the Interior by this or any other Act may 

4 be used to conduct a lease sale pursuant to section 

5 20001(c)(1) of Public Law 115–97 which does not contain 

6 a national minimum acceptable bid amount sufficient to 

7 produce Federal receipts to the Treasury, net of any state 

8 share, of no less than 50 percent of the amount required 

9 by section 2001(b) of H. Con. Res. 71, the concurrent res10 olution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, as agreed to 

11 on October 26, 2017. 

12 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES

13 SEC. 119. (a) Section 512 of Title V of Division J 

14 of P.L. 108–447 is amended by striking ‘‘on the date that 

15 is 15 years after the date that funds are first made avail16 able for this title.’’ and inserting ‘‘after September 30, 

17 2022.’’ 

18 (b) Section 608 of Title VI of Division J of P.L. 108– 

19 447 is amended by striking ‘‘the expiration of the 15-year 

20 period beginning on the date that funds are first made 

21 available for this title.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

22 2022.’’ 

23 (c) Section 109 of Title I of Public Law 103–449, 

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1 8201(c), is further amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’. 

3 (d) Section 608(a) of Division II of Public Law 104– 

4 333, as amended by Public Law 110–229 section 461, is 

5 further amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘$17,000,000’’. 

7 (e) Section 810(a)(1) of Title VIII of Division B of 

8 Appendix D of Public Law 106–554, as amended by Pub9 lic Law 115–31, Division G, Title I section 115(b), is fur10 ther amended by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$14,000,000’’. 

12 SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS

13 SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 

14 implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 

15 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 

16 Education, may transfer funds among and between the 

17 successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza18 tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide19 lines described in this Act. 

20 TITLE II 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

22 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

23 For science and technology, including research and 

24 development activities, which shall include research and 

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1 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

2 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 

3 and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 

4 and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 

5 research and development, $727,633,000, to remain avail6 able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the 

7 funds included under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be for 

8 Research: National Priorities as specified in the report ac9 companying this Act. 

10 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

11 For environmental programs and management, in12 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

13 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 

14 passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper15 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member16 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 

17 to members only or at a price to members lower than to 

18 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 

19 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil20 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im21 plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro22 gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 

23 2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and 

24 representation expenses, $2,707,704,000, to remain avail25 able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the 


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1 funds included under this heading, $17,700,000 shall be 

2 for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as speci3 fied in the report accompanying this Act. Provided further, 

4 That of the funds included under this heading, 

5 $501,958,000 shall be for Geographic Programs specified 

6 in the report accompanying this Act. 

7 In addition, $5,000,000 to remain available until ex8 pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in 

9 section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 

10 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursu11 ant to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA 

12 Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in 

13 fiscal year 2020 shall be retained and used for necessary 

14 salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall re15 main available until expended: Provided further, That the 

16 sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen17 eral fund for fiscal year 2020 shall be reduced by the 

18 amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during 

19 fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 

20 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

21 than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 

22 realized from such receipts exceed $5,000,000, those 

23 amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be deposited in the 

24 ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting re25 ceipts in fiscal year 2020, shall be retained and used for 


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1 necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 

2 remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 

3 the funds included in the first paragraph under this head4 ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 

5 project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the 

6 amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 

7 of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 

8 2014. 

9 HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM

10 FUND

11 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of 

12 the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), includ13 ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad14 ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es15 tablished by such section, $8,000,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appro17 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as offset18 ting collections under such section 3024 are received dur19 ing fiscal year 2020, which shall remain available until ex20 pended and be used for necessary expenses in this appro21 priation, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appro22 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

23 $0: Provided further, That to the extent such offsetting 

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1 pended and be used for necessary expenses in this appro2 priation. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $48,514,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2021. 

8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al10 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

11 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

12 $39,553,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen16 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil17 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 

18 (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 

19 maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,214,648,000, 

20 to remain available until expended, consisting of such 

21 sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 

22 30, 2019, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Super23 fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 

24 (SARA) and up to $1,214,648,000 as a payment from 

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1 for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: 

2 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 

3 may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance 

4 with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That 

5 of the funds appropriated under this heading, $9,586,000 

6 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appro7 priation to remain available until September 30, 2021, 

8 and $30,496,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Tech9 nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September 

10 30, 2021. 

11 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

12 PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under14 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub15 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $94,410,000, to 

16 remain available until expended, of which $69,041,000 

17 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 

18 cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 

19 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car20 rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 

21 Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 

22 Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 

23 use appropriations made available under this heading to 

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1 dian tribes for the development and implementation of 

2 programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

3 INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ5 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

6 Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 

7 operation of aircraft, $23,237,000, to be derived from the 

8 Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

11 For environmental programs and infrastructure as12 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv13 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

14 $4,620,992,000, to remain available until expended, of 

15 which— 

16 (1) $1,784,000,000 shall be for making capital17 ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

18 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

19 Control Act; and of which $1,300,000,000 shall be 

20 for making capitalization grants for the Drinking 

21 Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 

22 the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fis23 cal year 2020, to the extent there are sufficient eligi24 ble project applications and projects are consistent 

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1 cent of the funds made available under this title to 

2 each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

3 capitalization grants shall be used by the State for 

4 projects to address green infrastructure, water or 

5 energy efficiency improvements, or other environ6 mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 

7 for fiscal year 2020, funds made available under this 

8 title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolv9 ing Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 

10 of each State, be used for projects to address green 

11 infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improve12 ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 

13 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

14 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

15 Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 

16 pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 

17 a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 

18 amounts included as principal in loans made by such 

19 fund in fiscal year 2020 and prior years where such 

20 amounts represent costs of administering the fund 

21 to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 

22 reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa23 rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 

24 eligible purposes of the fund, including administra25 tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, 


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1 notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 

2 (h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol3 lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 

4 such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the common5 wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 

6 Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 

7 also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 

8 (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 

9 plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

10 project for the construction of treatment works; and 

11 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 

12 privately owned treatment works serving one or 

13 more principal residences or small commercial estab14 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

15 2020, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub16 sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec17 tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

18 Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 

19 under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 

20 Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 

21 (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 

22 plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

23 project for the construction of treatment works; and 

24 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 

25 privately owned treatment works serving one or 


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1 more principal residences or small commercial estab2 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

3 2020, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 

4 Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 

5 pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 

6 funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 

7 under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 

8 for grants for training, technical assistance, and 

9 educational programs relating to the operation and 

10 management of the treatment works specified in sec11 tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 

12 fiscal year 2020, funds reserved under section 

13 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 

14 to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 

15 Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 

16 determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na17 tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro18 vided further, That for fiscal year 2020, notwith19 standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 

20 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 

21 total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 

22 $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith23 standing the limitation on amounts in section 

24 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 

25 total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 


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1 $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv2 ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 

3 Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 

4 section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 

5 for fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the amounts 

6 specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol7 lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre8 gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 

9 Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 

10 sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 

11 be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 

12 under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

13 Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 

14 of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 

15 Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, 

16 notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 

17 in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

18 up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 

19 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 

20 under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 

21 by the Administrator for grants made under section 

22 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 

23 further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 

24 under this title to each State for Clean Water State 

25 Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 


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1 of the funds made available under this title to each 

2 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap3 italization grants shall be used by the State to pro4 vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 

5 form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 

6 loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 

7 shall be so used by the State only where such funds 

8 are provided as initial financing for an eligible re9 cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 

10 obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 

11 was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 

12 this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 

13 the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 

14 concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 

15 such funds could be used to help address a threat 

16 to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 

17 drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 

18 declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 

19 health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic20 ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact21 ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 

22 in which such an emergency declaration has been 

23 issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 

24 the funds made available under this title to the 

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1 italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli2 gible recipients; 

3 (2) $30,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi4 neering, planning, design, construction and related 

5 activities in connection with the construction of high 

6 priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 

7 of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta8 tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro9 vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 

10 Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit11 ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 

12 United States along the United States-Mexico bor13 der shall be made available to a county or municipal 

14 government unless that government has established 

15 an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 

16 which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 

17 or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 

18 the development within an existing colonia the con19 struction of any new home, business, or other struc20 ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec21 essary infrastructure; 

22 (3) $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 

23 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 

24 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil25 lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 


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1 of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 

2 no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 

3 for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 

4 the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 

5 with the Statewide priority list established in con6 junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 

7 of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 

8 and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas9 ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 

10 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 

11 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

12 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 

13 than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 

14 in regional hub communities; 

15 (4) $105,000,000 shall be to carry out section 

16 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re17 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

18 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree19 ments, and associated program support costs: Pro20 vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 

21 appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 

22 CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as23 sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 

24 section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 

25 further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated 


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1 for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Pro2 vided further, That for purposes of this section, the 

3 term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any coun4 ty that has had 20 percent or more of its population 

5 living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 

6 by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 

7 most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Esti8 mates; 

9 (5) $55,000,000 shall be for grants under title 

10 VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 

11 (6) $30,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 

12 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 

13 in the report accompanying this Act; 

14 (7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 

15 quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 

16 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 

17 Act (Public Law 114–322); 

18 (8) $25,000,000 shall be for grants and other 

19 activities under subsections (a) through (j) of section 

20 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 300j–19a)); 

22 (9) $25,000,000 shall be for grants and other 

23 activities under section 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking 

24 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 


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1 (10) $20,000,000 shall be for grants under sec2 tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 300j–19b)); 

4 (11) $4,000,000 shall be for grants under sec5 tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 300j-19a(l)); 

7 (12) $13,000,000 shall be for grants under sec8 tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con9 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 

10 (13) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under sec11 tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

12 (33 U.S.C. 1301); 

13 (14) $1,000,000 shall be for grants under sec14 tion 4304(b) of America’s Water Infrastructure Act 

15 of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); and 

16 (15) $1,114,992,000 shall be for grants, includ17 ing associated program support costs, to States, fed18 erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 

19 consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 

20 multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 

21 control and abatement and related activities, includ22 ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 

23 under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 

24 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 

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1 lection activities subject to terms and conditions 

2 specified by the Administrator, of which: 

3 $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 

4 CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental 

5 Information Exchange Network grants, including as6 sociated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be 

7 for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 

8 Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 

9 to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 

10 Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 

11 to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis12 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

13 Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 

14 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds 

15 available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 

16 Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par17 ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur18 veys of water resources and enhancements to State 

19 monitoring programs. 

20 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION

21 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar23 anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 

24 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $45,000,000, to re25 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 


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1 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de2 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

3 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

4 subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 

6 principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 

7 is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $5,490,000,000. 

8 In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 

9 to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 

10 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 

11 in this account, to remain available until expended. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

13 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 

14 section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In15 novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 

16 until September 30, 2021. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL

18 PROTECTION AGENCY

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

21 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ22 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

23 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro24 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

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1 ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 

2 consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 

3 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

4 programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 

5 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award6 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

7 agreements. 

8 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

9 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg10 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

11 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 

12 amended by Public Law 116–8, the Pesticide Registration 

13 Improvement Extension Act of 2018. 

14 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In15 secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 

16 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ17 mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 

18 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2020. 

19 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

20 $320,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 

21 Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ22 mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 

23 Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 

24 such head, to carry out activities that would support the 

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1 Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 

2 to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 

3 such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac4 tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non5 profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan6 ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 

7 in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 

8 and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

9 The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro10 grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz11 ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 

12 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail13 able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 

14 and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 

15 not exceed $150,000 per project. 

16 For fiscal year 2020, and notwithstanding section 

17 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

18 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 

19 the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 

20 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 

21 to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 

22 The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 

23 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro24 grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2020 to provide 


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1 grants to implement the Southeastern New England Wa2 tershed Restoration Program. 

3 Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec4 tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

5 Act, not less than $4,000,000 of the funds made available 

6 under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 

7 be for making competitive awards described in section 

8 320(g)(4). 

9 The fourth paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative 

10 Provisions’’ in title II of Public Law 109–54 is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

12 TITLE III 

13 RELATED AGENCIES 

14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

16 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

18 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

19 $875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

20 Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ21 ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

22 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of23 fice. 


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1 FOREST SERVICE

2 FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

5 otherwise provided for, $921,849,000 to remain available 

6 through September 30, 2021, for (1) the base salary and 

7 expenses of permanent employees carrying out administra8 tive and general management support functions of the 

9 Forest Service; (2) the costs of leases for buildings and 

10 sites where such support functions take place; (3) the 

11 costs of utility and telecommunication expenses, business 

12 services, and information technology, including cybersecu13 rity requirements; and (4) such other administrative sup14 port function expenses necessary for the operation of the 

15 Forest Service: Provided, That not to exceed 

16 $565,713,000 shall be available for the base salaries and 

17 expenses described in paragraph (1): Provided further, 

18 That any unobligated balances available to the Forest 

19 Service from prior fiscal years for the purposes described 

20 under this heading shall be transferred to and merged 

21 with this account: Provided further, That any funding for 

22 the purposes described under this heading that are author23 ized to be paid by permanent funds or trust funds of the 

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1 vided to the Forest Service under this Act (other than 

2 under this heading) may be used to fund indirect expenses 

3 that before the date of the enactment of this Act were 

4 provided for through discretionary cost pools. 

5 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

6 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re7 search as authorized by law, $277,155,000, to remain 

8 available through September 30, 2023: Provided, That of 

9 the funds provided, $73,174,000 is for the forest inventory 

10 and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori11 ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 

12 grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 

13 the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 

14 also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 

15 Science Research. 

16 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

17 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro18 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri19 tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man20 agement, and conducting an international program as au21 thorized, $382,894,000, to remain available through Sep22 tember 30, 2023, as authorized by law; of which 

23 $75,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 

24 Conservation Fund to be used for the Forest Legacy Pro25 gram, to remain available until expended. 


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1 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

2 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

3 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im4 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

5 and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 

6 such lands, $1,599,308,000, to remain available through 

7 September 30, 2023: Provided, That of the funds pro8 vided, $35,526,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 

9 Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restora10 tion treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Pro11 vided further, That of the funds provided, $276,603,000 

12 shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the 

13 funds provided, $390,169,000 shall be for hazardous fuels 

14 management activities, of which not to exceed 

15 $15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au16 thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State 

17 and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of 

18 creating incentives for increased use of biomass from Na19 tional Forest System lands: Provided further, That 

20 $20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 

21 to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agree22 ments or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management 

23 activities, and for training or monitoring associated with 

24 such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal 

25 land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines 


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1 such activities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided 

2 further, That funds made available to implement the Com3 munity Forestry Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, 

4 title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands 

5 in accordance with authorities made available to the For6 est Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appro7 priations: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

8 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 

9 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee 

10 for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit 

11 of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing As12 sociation or direct permittee for a conservation practice 

13 approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 

14 in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. 

15 And, that the amount credited shall remain available to 

16 the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as appro17 priate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and 

18 each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for con19 servation practices approved by the Secretary. 

20 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

21 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

22 otherwise provided for, $419,103,000, to remain available 

23 through September 30, 2023, for construction, capital im24 provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 

25 other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, 


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1 reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no 

2 longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 

3 part of the transportation system, and maintenance of for4 est roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized 

5 by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Pro6 vided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2020 

7 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall 

8 be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and 

9 shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any 

10 other purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 

11 LAND ACQUISITION

12 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

13 of chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including 

14 administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 

15 waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 

16 authority applicable to the Forest Service, $90,000,000, 

17 to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

18 Fund and to remain available until expended. 

19 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

20 ACTS

21 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound22 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 

23 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An24 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 

25 Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 


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1 Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 

2 law, $700,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 

3 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

4 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 

5 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov6 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au7 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de8 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 

9 Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 

10 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 

11 30, 2022, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 

12 586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78– 

13 310). 

14 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

15 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro16 tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re17 ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do18 mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 

19 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 

20 Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 

21 2023, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 

22 for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 

23 range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 


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1 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

2 RANGELAND RESEARCH

3 For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 

4 $45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023, 

5 to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 

6 above Act. 

7 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

8 SUBSISTENCE USES

9 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man10 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 

11 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva12 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,500,000, to remain 

13 available through September 30, 2023. 

14 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

17 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

18 wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 

19 other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer20 gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys21 tem lands and water, $2,009,545,000, to remain available 

22 through September 30, 2023: Provided, That such funds 

23 including unobligated balances under this heading, are 

24 available for repayment of advances from other appropria25 tions accounts previously transferred for such purposes: 


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1 Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated 

2 in a previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management 

3 may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ ac4 count: Provided further, That such funds shall be available 

5 to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for serv6 ices provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies 

7 or disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the For8 est Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the 

9 responsible emergency management agency: Provided fur10 ther, That funds provided shall be available for support 

11 to Federal emergency response: Provided further, That the 

12 costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between 

13 the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may 

14 be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: 

15 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 

16 heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire 

17 suppression operations, and is provided to meet the terms 

18 of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

20 In addition to the amounts provided under this head21 ing for wildfire suppression operations, $1,950,000,000, 

22 to remain available until expended, is additional new budg23 et authority as specified for purposes of section 

24 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That the Secretary 


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1 of Agriculture may transfer such amounts to the Depart2 ment of Interior for wildfire suppression operations. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

6 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 

7 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 

8 from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 

9 lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 

10 to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 

11 wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 

12 notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 

13 being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 

14 trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

15 replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

16 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 

17 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 

18 buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 

19 (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur20 suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 

21 Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 

22 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 

23 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col24 lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 


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1 Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 

2 the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 

3 transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 

4 fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 

5 fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 

6 expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 

7 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

8 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter9 national Development in connection with forest and range10 land research, technical information, and assistance in for11 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

12 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

13 States and its territories and possessions, including tech14 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

15 with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 

16 Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 

17 sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 

18 and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ19 ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the 

20 Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Cor21 poration), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and orga22 nizations to provide technical assistance and training pro23 grams overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 

24 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

25 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 


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1 of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 

2 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 

3 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform4 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 

5 such lands. 

6 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv7 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 

8 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 

9 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

10 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 

11 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

12 Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

13 Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 

14 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

15 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

16 $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 

17 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De18 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 

19 as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 

20 prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re21 quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 

22 from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa23 tion Technology Center and the Department of Agri24 culture’s International Technology Service. 


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1 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 

2 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 

3 the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 

4 out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 

5 out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 

6 of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 

7 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 

8 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 

9 reception and representation expenses. 

10 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 

11 Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 

12 up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 

13 National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner14 ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 

15 without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 

16 for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 

17 lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 

18 That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda19 tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin20 istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 

21 shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 

22 assistance, private contributions to match funds made 

23 available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 

24 basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 

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1 a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 

2 the non-Federal matching funds. 

3 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 

4 up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 

5 Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 

6 Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 

7 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 

8 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

9 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 

10 shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

11 Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 

12 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 

13 or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 

14 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

15 funds. 

16 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

17 available for interactions with and providing technical as18 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

19 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

20 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

21 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

22 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

23 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

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1 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 

2 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec3 tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

5 The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur6 pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 

7 maintenance and decommissioning. 

8 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall not 

9 be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 

10 horses and burros in the care of the Forest Service or its 

11 contractors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that 

12 results in their destruction for processing into commercial 

13 products. 

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 

15 appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 

16 not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of17 fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri18 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re19 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

20 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 

21 reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar matters 

22 unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications 

23 for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agri24 culture should clearly display the sums previously trans25 ferred and the sums requested for transfer. 


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1 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

2 funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

3 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 

4 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 

5 purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

7 through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 

8 Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 

9 following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 

10 prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 

11 item and account, to the House and Senate Committees 

12 on Appropriations. 

13 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

14 SERVICES 

15 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

16 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au18 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina19 tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 

20 Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 

21 Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv22 ice, $4,556,870,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2021, except as otherwise provided herein, together 

24 with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 

25 sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act 


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1 (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for services furnished by 

2 the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made 

3 available to tribes and tribal organizations through con4 tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com5 pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 

6 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 

7 be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con8 tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 

9 tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 

10 Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available for 

11 grants or contracts with public or private institutions to 

12 provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, in13 cluding alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, 

14 That $969,479,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, includ15 ing $53,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health 

16 Emergency Fund, shall remain available until expended: 

17 Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 

18 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im19 plementation of the loan repayment program under section 

20 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 

21 further, That of the funds provided, $53,000,000 shall re22 main available until expended to supplement funds avail23 able for operational costs at tribal clinics operated under 

24 an Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

25 Act compact or contract where health care is delivered in 


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1 space acquired through a full service lease, which is not 

2 eligible for maintenance and improvement and equipment 

3 funds from the Indian Health Service, and $58,000,000 

4 shall be for costs related to or resulting from accreditation 

5 emergencies, including supplementing activities funded 

6 under the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facilities,’’ of which up 

7 to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts other8 wise available for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided fur9 ther, That the amounts collected by the Federal Govern10 ment as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 

11 Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 

12 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of con13 tracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 

14 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain 

15 available until expended and, notwithstanding section 

16 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall 

17 be available to make new awards under the loan repay18 ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 

19 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 

20 further, That the amounts made available within this ac21 count for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 

22 Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 

23 Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 

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1 grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans2 formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 

3 Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 

4 quality and oversight activities, for initiatives to treat or 

5 reduce the transmission of Hepatitis-C and HIV-AIDS or 

6 both in high priority areas, to improve collections from 

7 public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 

8 tribally operated facilities, and for accreditation emer9 gencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director 

10 of the Indian Health Service and shall remain available 

11 until expended: Provided further, That funds provided in 

12 this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants that 

13 fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is 

14 recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided 

15 further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of 

16 Health and Human Services under the authority of title 

17 IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 

18 1613) shall remain available until expended for the pur19 pose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi20 tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So21 cial Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 

22 design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, 

23 That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 

24 under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 

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1 vided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 

2 organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Im3 provement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 

4 available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 

5 until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of In6 dian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 

7 and from tribes and tribal organizations operating health 

8 facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individ9 ually identifiable health information relating to disabled 

10 children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying 

11 out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities 

12 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, 

13 That of the funds provided, $72,280,000 is for the Indian 

14 Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as 

15 needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the 

16 Indian Health Facilities account; Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds appropriated by this Act to the Indian 

18 Health Service for the Electronic Health Record system 

19 shall be available for obligation or expenditure for the se20 lection or implementation of a new Information Tech21 nology infrastructure system, unless the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Senate are consulted 90 days in advance of such obliga24 tion. 


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1 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

2 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

3 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter4 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

5 the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2020, such sums 

6 as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

8 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

9 budget account. 

10 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

11 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 

12 demolition, and equipment of health and related auxiliary 

13 facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of 

14 plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, 

15 purchase and erection of modular buildings, and purchases 

16 of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community 

17 sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 

18 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the 

19 Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health 

20 Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to 

21 carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public 

22 Health Service Act with respect to environmental health 

23 and facilities support activities of the Indian Health Serv24 ice, $964,121,000, to remain available until expended: 

25 Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 


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1 law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, construc2 tion, renovation or expansion of health facilities for the 

3 benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to pur4 chase land on which such facilities will be located: Pro5 vided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be used 

6 by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM 

7 equipment from the Department of Defense for distribu8 tion to the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: Pro9 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the 

10 Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities 

11 construction for new homes funded with grants by the 

12 housing programs of the United States Department of 

13 Housing and Urban Development. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

15 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 

16 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 

17 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 

18 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 

19 positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 

20 vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur21 chase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 

22 modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 

23 payments for telephone service in private residences in the 

24 field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 

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1 lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

2 and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 

3 the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 

4 Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 

5 Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 

6 may be extended health care at all tribally administered 

7 or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 

8 the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 

9 Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 

10 be credited to the account of the facility providing the 

11 service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 

12 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 

13 regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 

14 Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 

15 Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 

16 the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 

17 638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In18 dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad19 ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 

20 subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 

21 and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 

22 funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 

23 Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 

24 Department of Health and Human Services unless identi25 fied in the budget justification and provided in this Act, 


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1 or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Ap2 propriations through the reprogramming process: Pro3 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe 

5 or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree6 ment authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self7 Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

8 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated 

9 to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self10 governance agreement under title V of such Act and there11 after shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organiza12 tion without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 

13 none of the funds made available to the Indian Health 

14 Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final 

15 rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 

16 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, 

17 relating to the eligibility for the health care services of 

18 the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service 

19 has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 

20 costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re21 quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en22 acted into law: Provided further, That with respect to func23 tions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes 

24 or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is au25 thorized to provide goods and services to those entities on 


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1 a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with 

2 subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received 

3 therefrom, along with the funds received from those enti4 ties pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may 

5 be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation ac6 count from which the funds were originally derived, with 

7 such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 

8 further, That reimbursements for training, technical as9 sistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service 

10 will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, 

11 and overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, 

12 services, or technical assistance: Provided further, That 

13 the Indian Health Service may provide to civilian medical 

14 personnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian 

15 Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those that 

16 would be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps 

17 of the United States Public Health Service serving in simi18 lar positions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the 

19 appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may 

20 not be altered without advance notification to the House 

21 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

3 SCIENCES

4 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

5 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

6 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ7 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

8 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 

9 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

10 $80,000,000. 

11 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

12 REGISTRY

13 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

14 HEALTH

15 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub16 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

17 activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 

18 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

19 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 

20 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $79,691,000: Provided, 

21 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 

22 of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 

23 of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 

24 other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 

25 including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 


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1 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 

2 healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 

3 any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 

4 or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 

5 bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 

6 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro7 priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 

8 to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 

9 section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2020, and 

10 existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

11 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

12 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

13 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

14 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

15 For necessary expenses to continue functions as16 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 

17 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi18 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

19 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

20 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

21 and representation expenses, $2,994,000: Provided, That 

22 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ23 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

24 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 


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1 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

2 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

3 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur6 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 

7 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there8 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv9 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ10 uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 

11 rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 

12 5376, $12,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 

13 and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 

14 more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 

15 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In17 spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 

18 (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 

19 position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur20 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

21 Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 

22 the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 

23 duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 

24 not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 


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1 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

4 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

5 531, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria7 tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 

8 groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 

9 lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous10 ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 

11 in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 

12 of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 

13 used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 

14 to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 

15 November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 

16 partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 

17 home is provided for such household: Provided further, 

18 That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 

19 or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 

20 shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se21 lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 

22 reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 

23 Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 

24 section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 


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1 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

2 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

3 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

4 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

5 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author6 ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 

7 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $10,850,000, which shall become 

8 available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available until 

9 September 30, 2021. 

10 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu13 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 

14 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 

15 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 

16 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 

17 dissemination, and exchange of information and publica18 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist19 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 

20 agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 

21 buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 

22 $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 

23 purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em24 ployees, $852,345,000, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2021, except as otherwise provided herein; of 


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1 which not to exceed $6,908,000 for the instrumentation 

2 program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 

3 and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall re4 main available until expended; and including such funds 

5 as may be necessary to support American overseas re6 search centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein 

7 are available for advance payments to independent con8 tractors performing research services or participating in 

9 official Smithsonian presentations. 

10 FACILITIES CAPITAL

11 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

12 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso13 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 

14 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 

15 and for construction, including necessary personnel, 

16 $219,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

17 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au18 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

19 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal22 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

23 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 

24 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 

25 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 


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1 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 

2 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad3 vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 

4 membership in library, museum, and art associations or 

5 societies whose publications or services are available to 

6 members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 

7 general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 

8 for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 

9 employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 

10 purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 

11 buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter12 ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 

13 and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 

14 repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 

15 contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 

16 firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 

17 such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop18 er, $147,022,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2021, of which not to exceed $3,660,000 for the special 

20 exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

21 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

22 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 

23 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 

24 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 

25 otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 


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1 10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 

2 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 

3 renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 

4 $34,603,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That of this amount, $1,000,000 shall be available 

6 for design of an off-site art storage facility in partnership 

7 with the Smithsonian Institution: Provided further, That 

8 contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection 

9 systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of 

10 the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with se11 lected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor 

12 qualifications as well as price. 

13 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

14 ARTS

15 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

16 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte17 nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 

18 the Performing Arts, $25,690,000. 

19 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

20 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora21 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 

22 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

23 $17,800,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

2 SCHOLARS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

5 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

6 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

7 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $14,000,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2021. 

9 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

10 HUMANITIES

11 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

12 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

14 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

15 $167,500,000 shall be available to the National Endow16 ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc17 tions in the arts, including arts education and public out18 reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 

19 individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 

20 support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 

21 to remain available until expended. 

22 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

23 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

25 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 


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1 $167,500,000 to remain available until expended, of which 

2 $152,500,000 shall be available for support of activities 

3 in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 

4 for administering the functions of the Act; and 

5 $15,000,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 

6 grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 

7 including $13,000,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 

8 Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 

9 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 

10 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 

11 bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 

12 by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow13 ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 

14 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre15 ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre16 viously been appropriated. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 None of the funds appropriated to the National 

19 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 

20 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 

21 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 

22 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

23 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re24 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

25 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 


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1 necessary for official reception and representation ex2 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na3 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 

4 to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 

5 does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 

6 grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 

7 such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 

8 of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 

9 the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

10 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 

13 chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,282,000: 

14 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 

15 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 

16 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col17 lection, to remain available until expended without further 

18 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 

19 authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art20 work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 

21 and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac22 tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 

23 of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 

24 That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 


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1 this heading may be used for official reception and rep2 resentation expenses. 

3 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

4 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

5 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000. 

6 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 

9 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $7,388,000. 

10 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan13 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 

14 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

15 3109, $8,124,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per16 cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

17 for official reception and representational expenses associ18 ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 

19 planning and physical development of world capitals. 

20 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

21 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

22 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

23 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 

24 2310), $61,388,000, of which $715,000 shall remain 

25 available until September 30, 2022, for the Museum’s 


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1 equipment replacement program; and of which $3,000,000 

2 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 

3 $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 

4 shall remain available until expended. 

5 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 

8 Memorial Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available 

9 until expended. 

10 WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Cen13 tennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War 

14 I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and 

15 the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

16 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

17 Law 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War 

18 I Centennial Commission, $6,000,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That in addition to 

20 the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the 

21 World War I Commission may accept money, in-kind per22 sonnel services, contractual support, or any appropriate 

23 support from any executive branch agency for activities 

24 of the Commission. 


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1 TITLE IV 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

4 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

5 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica6 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

7 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

8 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 

9 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

10 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

11 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

12 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

15 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

16 SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over17 head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 

18 working capital fund and cost pool charges, from pro19 grams, projects, activities and subactivities to support gov20 ernment-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau adminis21 trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op22 erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 

23 and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria24 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 


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1 Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations for approval. 

3 MINING APPLICATIONS

4 SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

5 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

6 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 

7 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 

8 site claim located under the general mining laws. 

9 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

10 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

11 concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec12 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re13 quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 

14 the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 

15 lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 

16 Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 

17 claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 

18 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 

19 fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 

20 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2021, the Secretary 

21 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

23 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 

24 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 

25 by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 


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1 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re2 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 

3 104–208). 

4 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

5 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

6 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 

7 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 

8 third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 

9 Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam10 ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 

11 patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu12 reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi13 bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac14 cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 

15 Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third16 party contractors. 

17 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

18 SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 

19 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

20 2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis21 cal year 2020. 

22 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2020

23 LIMITATION

24 SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 

25 year 2020 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 


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1 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 

2 Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 

3 Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup4 port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 

5 support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov6 ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 

7 agreements for fiscal year 2020 with the Bureau of Indian 

8 Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 

9 Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 

10 this Act are not available for payment of claims for con11 tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 

12 payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 

13 support costs for prior years. 

14 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

15 SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

16 considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 

17 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan18 ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 

19 more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 

20 plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 

21 in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re22 quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re23 sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 

24 other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 

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1 able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 

2 System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 

3 and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 

4 of the plan on an accelerated basis. 

5 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

6 SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex7 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

8 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

9 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

10 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu11 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 

12 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 

13 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

14 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu15 ment. 

16 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

17 SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

18 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 

19 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec20 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 

21 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap22 propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 

23 to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na24 tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 

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1 Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur2 poses. 

3 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

4 SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen6 cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 

7 such contract is entered into in accordance with the re8 quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 

9 or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

10 Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 

11 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con12 tract to be entered into without regard for these re13 quirements, including formula grants for States, or 

14 federally recognized Indian tribes; 

15 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 

16 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

17 (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 

18 any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 

19 contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 

20 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 

21 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 

22 of enactment of this Act. 

23 POSTING OF REPORTS

24 SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail25 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 


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1 post on the public website of that agency any report re2 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

3 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen4 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

5 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

6 (1) the public posting of the report com7 promises national security; or 

8 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

9 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

10 do so only after such report has been made available to 

11 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

12 no less than 45 days. 

13 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT

14 GUIDELINES

15 SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En16 dowment for the Arts— 

17 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 

18 to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in19 dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit20 age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow21 ship. 

22 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 

23 to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 

24 except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 

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1 any other organization or individual to conduct ac2 tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 

3 Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 

4 made in exchange for goods and services. 

5 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 

6 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 

7 contents of the season, including identified programs 

8 or projects. 

9 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM

10 PRIORITIES

11 SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi12 nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 

13 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro14 priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 

15 Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 

16 to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 

17 projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 

18 underserved populations. 

19 (b) In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 

21 a population of individuals, including urban minori22 ties, who have historically been outside the purview 

23 of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 

24 as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 

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1 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 

2 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 

3 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec4 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 

6 the size involved. 

7 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as8 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 

9 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 

10 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 

11 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv12 ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc13 tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 

14 knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 

15 the arts. 

16 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

17 section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu18 manities Act of 1965— 

19 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat20 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro21 grams that are of national impact or availability or 

22 are able to tour several States; 

23 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex24 ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 


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1 to any single State, excluding grants made under the 

2 authority of paragraph (1); 

3 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con4 gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 

5 the Chairperson in each grant category under sec6 tion 5 of such Act; and 

7 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 

8 grants to improve and support community-based 

9 music performance and education. 

10 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

11 SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi12 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 

13 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen15 ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro16 priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob17 ligated funds in each program and activity. 

18 CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES

19 SEC. 415. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 

20 112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and in21 serting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’. 

22 EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

23 SEC. 416. The terms and conditions of section 325 

24 of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz25 ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 


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1 subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 

2 Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 

3 shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2020. 

4 FUNDING PROHIBITION

5 SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in 

6 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

7 network unless such network is designed to block access 

8 to pornography websites. 

9 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

10 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

11 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi12 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

13 FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND

14 ENHANCEMENT ACT

15 SEC. 418. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facil16 ity Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 

17 580d note; Public Law 109–54) is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

19 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

20 SEC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 

21 by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au22 thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 

24 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

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1 steel products used in the project are produced in the 

2 United States. 

3 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 

4 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

5 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

6 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

7 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein8 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

9 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat10 egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ11 mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 

12 the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 

13 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon14 sistent with the public interest; 

15 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

16 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail17 able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 

18 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro19 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

20 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

21 (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv22 er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail23 able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re24 quest and information available to the Administrator con25 cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 


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1 input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 

2 a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 

3 make the request and accompanying information available 

4 by electronic means, including on the official public Inter5 net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

6 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con7 sistent with United States obligations under international 

8 agreements. 

9 (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 

10 of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 

11 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 

12 the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage13 ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

14 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION

15 SEC. 420. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 

16 Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections 

17 (a) and (b) and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.— 

19 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to 

20 carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), $25,690,000 for fiscal year 

21 2020. 

22 ‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 

23 appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 

24 and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $17,800,000 for fiscal year 

25 2020.’’. 


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1 LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS2 FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR

3 WILDFIRES

4 SEC. 421. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 

5 to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol6 unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 

7 fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 

8 provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 

9 supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 

10 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of 

11 title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further au12 thorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Inte13 rior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out 

14 the functions of the Department’s wildland fire manage15 ment program to such organizations. 

16 RECREATION FEES

17 SEC. 422. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre18 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

20 30, 2021’’. 

21 REPROGRAMMING PROCEDURES, DISCLOSURE OF

22 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, AND OPERATING PLANS

23 SEC. 423. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of 

24 this section: 

25 (1) ‘‘Reprogramming’’ includes: 


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1 (A) The reallocation of funds from one 

2 program, project, or activity, to another within 

3 any appropriation funded in this Act. 

4 (B) For construction, land acquisition, and 

5 forest legacy accounts, the reallocation of funds, 

6 including unobligated balances, from one con7 struction, land acquisition, or forest legacy 

8 project to another such project. 

9 (C) An operating plan or any later modi10 fication thereof submitted under subsection (i) 

11 of this section. 

12 (D) Proposed reorganizations even without 

13 a change in funding, including any change to 

14 the organization table presented in the budget 

15 justification. 

16 (2) ‘‘Program’’, ‘‘project’’, and ‘‘activity’’ con17 stitute the delineation below the appropriation ac18 count level of any agency funded by this Act, as 

19 shown in any table of the report accompanying this 

20 Act. 

21 (3) ‘‘Funds’’ includes funds provided in this Act 

22 or previous appropriations Acts that are available 

23 for obligation in the current fiscal year and any 

24 amounts available for obligation in the current fiscal 

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1 (4) ‘‘Assessment’’ is any overhead charge, de2 duction, reserve or holdback, including working cap3 ital fund and cost pool charges, from any program, 

4 project, and activity to support government-wide, de5 partmental, agency, or bureau administrative func6 tions or headquarters, regional, or central operations 

7 or to provide for contingencies. 

8 (b) GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR REPROGRAMMING.— 

9 (1) A reprogramming should be made only 

10 when an unforeseen situation arises, and then only 

11 if postponement of the project or the activity until 

12 the next appropriation year would result in actual 

13 loss or damage. 

14 (2) Any project or activity, which may be de15 ferred through reprogramming, shall not later be ac16 complished by means of further reprogramming, but 

17 instead, funds should again be sought for the de18 ferred project or activity through the regular appro19 priations process. 

20 (3) Except under the most urgent situations, 

21 reprogramming should not be employed to initiate 

22 new programs or increase allocations specifically de23 nied or limited by the Congress, or to decrease allo24 cations specifically increased by the Congress. 


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1 (4) New programs requested in the budget 

2 should not be initiated before enactment of the bill 

3 without notification to, and the approval of, the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate (hereinafter ‘‘the Com6 mittees’’). This restriction applies to all such actions 

7 regardless of whether a formal reprogramming of 

8 funds is required to begin the program. 

9 (c) CRITERIA.— 

10 (1) A reprogramming shall be submitted to the 

11 Committees in writing 30 days prior to implementa12 tion if— 

13 (A) it exceeds $1,000,000 individually or 

14 cumulatively or results in a cumulative increase 

15 or decrease of more than 10 percent of funds 

16 annually in any affected program, project, or 

17 activity; 

18 (B) it is a reorganization; or 

19 (C) it is an operating plan or any later 

20 modification thereof as submitted under sub21 section (i) of this section: Provided, That such 

22 plan or modification thereof also meets any of 

23 the other criteria under subsection (c)(1) of this 

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1 (2) No funds shall be available for obligation or 

2 expenditure through a reprogramming until 30 days 

3 after the receipt by the Committees of a notice of 

4 proposed reprogramming. 

5 (3) A reprogramming shall be considered ap6 proved 30 days after receipt if the Committees have 

7 posed no objection. However, agencies shall not im8 plement the reprogramming and shall extend the no9 tification period if specifically requested by either 

10 Committee. 

11 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

12 (1) With regard to the tribal priority allocations 

13 of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, there is no restric14 tion on reprogrammings among these programs. 

15 However, the Bureau shall report on all 

16 reprogrammings made during a given fiscal year no 

17 later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year. 

18 (2) With regard to the Environmental Protec19 tion Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants ac20 count, the Committees do not require reprogram21 ming requests associated with States and Tribal 

22 Partnership Grants. 

23 (3) With regard to funding for Park Manage24 ment subactivities within the National Park Service 

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1 programming guidelines apply at the activity level, 

2 not the more detailed level as shown in the Com3 mittee report. The National Park Service shall re4 port on actual spending at the more detailed level no 

5 later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year 

6 and show its impact on the succeeding year budget 

7 at the more detailed level in the budget justification 

8 submitted to the Congress in the subsequent fiscal 

9 year for the purpose of updating the Committee sup10 port table. 

11 (e) ASSESSMENTS.— 

12 (1) No assessment shall be levied or collected 

13 unless such assessment and the basis therefor are 

14 presented to the Committees in the budget justifica15 tions and are subsequently approved by the Commit16 tees. The explanation for any assessment in the 

17 budget justification shall show the amount of the as18 sessment, the activities assessed, and the purpose of 

19 the funds. 

20 (2) Proposed changes to estimated assessments, 

21 as such estimates were presented in annual budget 

22 justifications, shall be submitted through the re23 programming process set out in this section and 

24 shall be subject to the same dollar and reporting cri25 teria as any other reprogramming. 


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1 (3) Each department, agency or bureau that 

2 utilizes assessments shall submit an annual report to 

3 the Committees which provides details on the use of 

4 all funds assessed from any other program, project, 

5 or activity. 

6 (4) In no case shall contingency funds or as7 sessments be used to finance agency actions dis8 approved or limited by the Congress. 

9 (f) LAND ACQUISITIONS, EASEMENTS, AND FOREST

10 LEGACY.—Lands shall not be acquired for more than the 

11 approved appraised value (as addressed in section 301(3) 

12 of Public Law 91–646), unless such acquisitions are sub13 mitted to the Committees for approval in compliance with 

14 these procedures. 

15 (g) LAND EXCHANGES.—Land exchanges, wherein 

16 the estimated value of the Federal lands to be exchanged 

17 is greater than $1,000,000, shall not be consummated 

18 until the Committees have had a 30-day period in which 

19 to examine the proposed exchange. In addition, the Com20 mittees shall be provided advance notification of exchanges 

21 valued between $500,000 and $1,000,000. 

22 (h) BUDGET STRUCTURE.—The program, project, 

23 and activity structure for any agency appropriation ac24 count shall not be altered without advance approval of the 

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1 (i) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 60 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, each department or 

3 agency funded by this Act shall submit an operating plan 

4 to the Committees to establish the baseline for application 

5 of reprogramming for the current fiscal year. The oper6 ating plan shall include— 

7 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa8 rate column to display the President’s budget re9 quest, adjustments made by the Congress, enacted 

10 rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en11 acted level; 

12 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro13 priation by program, project, and activity for the re14 spective appropriation; and 

15 (3) an identification of items of special congres16 sional interest. 

17 PROJECT INFORMATION

18 SEC. 424. (a) Not later than April 1, 2020, and each 

19 April 1 thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior and the 

20 Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate prioritized and detailed lists of federal land acqui23 sition projects, and Forest Legacy projects, which could 

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1 the fiscal year after the date upon which the lists are sub2 mitted. 

3 (b) The federal land acquisition project lists required 

4 by subsection (a) shall include projects for the National 

5 Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bu6 reau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service, 

7 including recreational public access projects as required 

8 by 54 U.S.C. 200306, and shall total for each agency no 

9 less than 150 percent of the amount enacted for that agen10 cy for the previous fiscal year. 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In12 terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

13 Act, 2020’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 75 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3052 

[Report No. 116–100] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for 

JUNE 3, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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